Beer-faucet.



No. 663,347. Patented Dec. 4,1900. 'J. B. JONES B E E R F A U 0 ET (Application filed Aug. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES Farmer Fries.

JOHN B. JONES, OF FREDRICKTOVVN, MISSOURI.

BEER-FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,347, dated December 4. 1900.

Application filed August 10,1899. Serial No. 726,780. (No model.) I

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fredricktown, in the county of Madison and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Beer-Faucet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to beer-faucets, and has for one object to provide a device of the character described which is intended to be used in connect-ion with an ice box or chest, so that the liquid remaining in the faucettube after the valve is closed will not be subjected to the heat of the outside atmosphere in summer, but will be acted upon by the cooling influence of the ice, which prevents the gases becoming poisonous.

Another object is to improve that class of faucets known to the trade as steam-beer faucets, whereby the beer can be drawn quickly with a minimum amount of foam.

With these objects in view my invention consists of a faucet-tube having a vent-tube leading from the rear end, a turning plug arranged in said tube, so that the flow of beer will be cut off adjacent to the bung of the receptacle containing the liquid, and having a projecting stem, an actuating-arm arranged on the stem, a bifurcated hand-lever pivotally secured to the forward portion of the tube and carrying an adjustable collar, and a pitman connected to the collar and actuating-arm.

My invention further consists of certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully set forth in the following description, recited in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention ready for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the faucet-tube. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the hand-lever. Figs. at to 11, inclusive, are detail views of the various parts; and Fig. 12 is a broken longitudinal sectional view of a portion of the fauceotube.

Referring now to drawings by referencenumerals, 12 indicates the body portion of the faucet, which comprises the elongated tube contracted or tapered at 13 for insertion into the bung of the liquid-receptacle. At

the juncture of this tapered end and the tubular portion of the faucet is a shunt or chamber 14, threaded internally to receive the externally-threaded packing-glands 14, and above which rests the hose connection 15, which is designed to be secured to the venttube 16 through the mediumof a threaded end 17 on said tube. This vent after passing through the chamber 14 extends rearwardly and out through the end of the body portion of the faucet into the liquid-receptacle and the free end thereof is tapered, as at 17, having a small opening at the point for the escape of the gas or air. I also provide a protective cap 18, Fig. 9, which may be screwed upon the end of the tube when desired.

Immediately in front of the chamber 14 is a transverse opening 19, into which is designed to fit a tapered turning plug 20, the tapered end of which is secured in the opening by a washer 21 and from the remaining end of which extends a stem 22, on which is secured an upwardly-projecting actuatingarm 23 by means of the set-screw 24. The

upper end of this arm is substantially circular or rounded off and is engaged by the hooked end 25 of the pitman 26,,which engages the adjustable collar 27 on the shank of the bifurcated hand-lever and is pushed either forward or backward, and the liquid will be permitted to pass out through the spout 30. By raising or lowering the collar 27 the stroke of the actuating-arm 24 can be varied.

Of course it will be understood that I use an air or gas pump in connection with rnyinvention; but as this instrument is'old and well known and the construction immaterial I will not describe it here, as it forms no part of my invention. By reason of the turning plug being positioned adjacent to the bung of the beer-keg it will be impossible for any of the beer to be subjected to influence of the hot outside air, and thus cause the same to become stale and poisonous.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is-

1. In a beer-faucet, the combination with a tubular body portion having a spout at the forward end, and a transverse recess or opening near the rear end, a turning plug in the said recess, an upwardly-projecting'arm extending from said plug, a bifurcated handlever secured on the forward end of the body portion and a pitman connecting the upwardly-projecting arm and the hand-lever, substantially as described.

2. In a beer-faucet, the combination with a tubular body portion having a transverse opening near the rear end, a turning plug in said opening, an upwardly-projecting actuatro ing-lever secured to said plug, the bifurcated hand-lever on the forward end of the body portion, an adjustable collar on the hand-lever and a pitman having hooked ends engaging the collar and actuating-lever, substantially as described.

JOHN B. JONES.

Witnesses:

JAMES J OOoNNoR, ROBERT A. ANTHONY. 

